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Device for regulating eating by measuring potentialDevice for regulating eating by measuring potential description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20090253105, Device for regulating eating by measuring potential. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
The present invention relates to a device for regulating eating. The invention first measures characteristic mealtime times and then pedagogically restores these times to the user. The times measured are when the user brings food to the mouth using cutlery. Patent PCT/FR05/01118 is known, that claims regulation of eating by measuring user movements during mealtimes and then by pedagogically restoring these movements to the user. The present invention is an invention of improvement on this patent that more precisely characterizes the technology used for capturing movement and the specific ergonomics of the measurement taking object adapted to the mixed constraints of this technology and the mealtime constraints. The invention measures mealtime kinetics, meal duration and frequency of food intake by the mouth during meals. One main object of the invention is to propose a regulating device that intervenes by taking measurements at mealtime and that restores to the consumer, during or after meals, data on eating kinetics during meals. The invention offers feedback to the consumer so that he may better understand his faults and slowly progress in his manner of eating. The feedback is carried out by means of expert software equipped with an alarm device and/or a restoration device that allows the consumer to set himself a program to progress to a better way of eating. Restoration to the user may be in real time during the meal or in non-real time after the meal. One object of the invention is to propose an eating regulating device that is entirely reliable and that needs minimum filtering of the measured data. The measured data easily and immediately characterize the nature of the measured movements. One object of the invention is to propose a regulating device that is light, mobile and that can be industrialized. The invention finds applications in both a line of inexpensive products, and also in a line of high-cost products. One object of the invention is to propose a device that is practical and ergonomic to use, before mealtimes, during mealtimes and after mealtimes. Before meals, the invention is adapted equally well to transport in a handbag or a suit pocket, during meals the invention is adapted to the ergonomics of traditional cutlery, is discreet and resembles traditional cutlery and after meals the invention is adapted to cutlery that may be easily washed without damaging the device. One object of the invention is to propose a device that communicates in such a way as to be able to easily communicate for monitoring progress, with a tutor or with other users presenting the same profile of nutrition kinetics problems. One object of the invention is to respond to minor supporting problems for precise weight control and for life wellness, to problems that are partially medical in cases of excess weight or obesity, and lastly to problems that are completely medical in cases of deformation of the digestive system, digestive tract and esophagus, as for example in the case of preventing hiatal hernias. In one main aspect, the invention comprises a measurement taking device that accompanies the user during mealtimes. The technology used emphasizes a particular characteristic of the human body, which is that of presenting a characteristic electric potential. In fact, the human body is a living body that from its cellular activity possesses a specific electric potential. The invention consists of connecting the end of the cutlery, which is conductive, to an electronic device housed in the handle, which process the signals and filters with a capacitive sensor the contact or the immediate proximity of the cutlery end, fork tines or spoon bowl, with the mouth or with the teeth. The cutlery handle and the cutlery shoulder are in an insulating material. Therefore, it is understood that each time the user puts the cutlery in his or her mouth, the electronic measuring circuit will pass from an open position to a closed position. Thus, the invention proposes a device for measuring the movement of bringing food to the mouth by means of cutlery. In one aspect of the invention, the device is equipped with a data processing chip. This data processing chip is connected either to a USB type key that is removable and integrated with the cutlery handle, or to a transmitter that transmits data over a remote terminal equipped with software for processing these data. The terminal thus allows the user to analyze, during and at the end of the meal, the manner of eating, the amount of time for eating the meal and the number of strokes of the fork. This restoration may be performed by restoration means via graphic table or alarm. This restoration comes directly by an electronic circuit housed in the cutlery or by a remote terminal or through an Internet portal. The user is human or software assisted. In one aspect, the invention also comprises a parameterable alarm system activated in real time to alert the user during the meal that he has entered a critical zone and that he must immediately modify or slow down his fork strokes, chewing or swallowing. The alarm device may be a light, a vibrator or a sound alarm. In one particular aspect of the invention, several pieces of cutlery utilized are equipped with the present device, whether it is the fork, the spoon or various glasses. These different pieces of cutlery are all connected in a network to the same processing terminal that may thus analyze when such and such a dish or drink is put in the mouth. This manner of coupling several sensors provides more comprehensive information on the mealtime. The attached figures represent a particular embodiment of the invention in which: Continue reading about Device for regulating eating by measuring potential... Full patent description for Device for regulating eating by measuring potential Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Device for regulating eating by measuring potential patent application. Patent Applications in related categories: 20090298021 - Method and apparatus for identifying dietary choices - A method is provided for assigning a relative score number to foods. 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